Method of identification and article produced thereby



Patented May 26, 1942 METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION AND ARTICLE PRODUCED THEREBY Arthur W. Jordan, Pittsburgh, Pa., assignor to Shade Control, Inc., a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Application February 4, 1939,

' Serial No. 254,709 1 7 Claims.

This invention relates to a method of applying identifying data to material such as Wall paper and to the article of manufacture produced in following the said method.

An object of the invention is to provide a method of applying fugitive indicia to materials such as wall paper so as to create'a readily understandable record thereon, which will positively identify the stock or pulp from which said paper is printed, the particular reel of said stock, the color or dye used for the printing of the paper, and any other desirable information.

Another object of the invention is to impress the desired data on the back of the raw stock in a fugitive or water soluble color or marking fluid prior to the printing of the decorative design on the paper, the marking color or fluid being applied to the stock in such a manner that it is substantially instantaneously absorbed on the back of the stock to insure that no subsequent bleeding or smudging can'ocour, nor will the impression chalk or crock.

A still further object of the invention is to impress the identifying data with a soluble marking color or fluid which will be practically instantaneously dissolved when moisture is applied to the back surface when the paper is pasted for adherence to the wall or ceiling.

A still further object of the invention is to place the identifying data at regular intervals on the back of the stock to form a fixed record of the reel, shade run number, factorys pattern number, or other important data that the factory may wish to impart to the trade, and particularly to the paper hanger, and this information is available for reference up to the moment of actually pasting the paper just prior to its application on the wall or ceiling.

In printing decorative papers, such as wall papers, it has been found essential to in some manner identify these papers as to the stock from which it is prepared, the shade run, pattern design, and the like and the practice has been to print some of this data on the selvage edge of the paper; to insert identifying information and instructions on separate slips wound with the paper, or to print or stamp information at the end of each roll of paper or on the outer wrapper of the bundle. All of these prior practices have been done at the factory for the instruction of the trade in general, but for the most these prior schemes have been impractical by reason of the fact that the rolls are taken out of their wrappers and the edges trimmed there- I to applying the paper on the job.

from at the shop and the paper hanger does not By following the teachings of my method a record of any or all of this desired data is applied to the back of the paper prior to the print-; ing ofthe design thereon and this data is available to the trade, purchasing public and to. the

person actually applying the paper to 'the wall up to the moment it is being pasted for applica-; tion to the wall. g

In carrying out my method, I apply to the back of the paper, as it is fed from the reel of stock, the desired data or information in a fugitive orreadily soluble color or marking fluid.

While the impression may be made by any suitable means, such as painting, printing, stamping, stencilihg, or the like, I prefer to employ an impression member having suitable interchangeable numbers and wording thereon, as disclosed and claimed in my co-pending application Serial No. 288,233 filed August 3, 1939.

The salient feature in impressing the data is to so apply the color or marking fluid that it is instantaneously absorbed on the back of the stock and will not run or bleed or in anyway effect the subsequent printing and handling of the material. I

The specific machine which I intend .to employ in the continuous and successive marking of the data on the stock is disclosed and claimed in my co-pending application Serial No. 288,233, filed August 3, 1939.

As an example of one fugitive or soluble marking color or fluid which may be used for transfer from the impression member'to the stock is an aqueous solution of whiting, glue, gelatin, alum, common salt and French ochre. When letters; numbers or records are transferred by a marking material or fluid of this kind by means of the impression member previously referred to, a thin instantly absorbed film is deposited which will dry quickly and positively prevent smudging, bleeding, crocking or chalking and at the same time will be readily legible. However, the moment that moisture is applied to the back'of the paper, such as occurs in the pasting operation, the marking color or fluid is instantly and completely dissolved and does not mar the decorative side, nor in any way effect the adhesive qualities of the paste.

It will be understood that the data having been applied prior to the printing of the decorative side is available during manufacture and also in the shop or home, and up to the moment of actually applying paste to the back thereof.

paper, according By preparing decorativefabrics, such as wall article of manufacture isproduced. When this method is. followed by the manufacturer the heretofore unanswerable questionaas to shade,

shade'runs, stock and change of stock with same,

shade run from which the paper is printed, no longer remains un'answerable, but all facts as to its identity is a positive known fact and readily ascertainable. Thus, at all stages of manufacture and subsequent handling, one has complete tothe present method, a new information on these qualities, andall of theprevious guess-work of matching shades, reverse length; and the selvage has been trimmed or not.

Having described the invention, what is claimed 7 as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 5

like are obviated, whether the j 1. A method of marking wall paper with inmethod of applying identifying inforand. applied to mation on decorative printed. wall paper which includes impressing the desired information on the surface of the paper stock which is not subsequently printed, said impression being-applied in fugitive marking material to the stock before the decorative printing and as the stock is conveyed from its source of supply to the point of printing.

3. As a new article, decorative wall paper having fugitive identifying data impressed on the non-decorative surface thereof.

4. As a new article, decorative printed wall paper having identifying information as to its manufacture impressed on the non-printed side in water soluble marking material.

5. As a. new. article, decorative printed wall paper. having information as to its manufacture impressedon the non-printed surface in a marking 'materialwhich is soluble and fugitive in the adhesive used in subsequent placement of the wall paper.

6. As a new article, decorative printed wall paper having identifying information as to its manufacture impressed on the non-printed side thereof with a marking material which will not substantially penetrate the said paper and will dry substantially instantaneously on' application.

thereto.

7. As a new article, decorative wallpaper having identifying data impressed. on the nondecorative surface thereof in. a fast drying, substantiallyinon penetrating marking medium.

ARTHUR w. JORDAN. 

